Dispensing apparatus



April 1935- E. E. EICKMEYER ET AL ,998,

DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed July 28, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 luv:

EARL E. EICKMEYER, GEORGE w. 51c HHOFE M "KM-J A'r'ronusvs FIG. L

April 16, 1935. E, E, EICKMEYER ET AL 1,993,311

DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed July 28, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 By GEORGEW.EICHH0:'Q"F,

Patented Apr. 16, 1935 1r so s-rar; s 5;

PATENT 'oFFrcE:

DISPENSING APPARATUS Earl E. Eickmeyer and :GeorgeW. Eichhofi, Dayton,,Ohio,. assignorsto- The Dayton. Pump &.

Mfg. Company, Dayton, Ohio, at

of Ohio corporation.

Applicationfiuly 28, .1932, Serial.No. 625,426

3 Claims. (Cl. 312-117) mobile so that the occupants may view the artilcles to be purchased while seated in the-auto mobile during the periodthe car is being filled with oil and gasoline dispensed from ourapparatus. I

It is afurther object to provide a cabinet in which the liquiddispensing apparatus protects and supportsthe frame and glass panelsconstituting the doors of the cabinet for dispensing bottled goods, suchas oil, liquid refreshments,

and the like.

1 I It is our. object to provide in this combination means forv coolingthe contents of this cabinet for summer and heating them in the winter.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation;

Figure 2 is a vertical section;

Figure 8 is a detail section through one wall of the cabinet;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-- l of Fig-,

ure 2;

Figure is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the arrangement of theopopsite side of the cabinet wall.

Referring to the drawings in detail, I represents the foundation or theground. Upon this foundation are mounted suitable pump casings havingbases 2, vertical columns 3, caps 4 and illuminated display signs 5.These several parts together constitute the pump casing. In the viewshown there are three of such pump casings. There may be one or more.

Interposed between and supported by the pump casings is a dispensingcabinet comprising end walls 6 and 1 between which are mounted trays B,9 and it. The tray ill may have a completely closed surface on one sideover the compressor l! and a foraminous body as at E2 on the other sideso that the air from the fan It in the compartment It may circulatethrough the compartment l5 and the compartment l6 when the platform 9 isalso a mesh work to permit of the circulation of air. Both the fan [3and compressor II are mounted upon the base plate H. The side walls 6and I are embraced between the bases 2 of the pump casings and are heldin position thereby. The tops of these side walls 6 and 'l are held inposition by the braces l8..located between the'tops of the sidewalls 6and 1 and. the

,. tops of the casings 3 forthe pumps.

On top .of the pump casings and enclosing the.- top of the dispensingcabinet formed bythe'side walls Sand '1 isa coverplate IShaving-adecorative cover 26.. This decorative-covenmay be supported on the capmembers 4,:either by Weld? ing, bolting orby suitable brackets 2i.Thecover lil forms the top of a tire cabinet 22,.in the dispensingcabinet for the tire 23;.whichcan be seen through the glass doors 24having the frames 25...which are hinged. to a cover plate 26 which.

forms one side of the decorative frame on the outside wall of .thecabinet. A similar strip; 21

to provide adoor jamb is provided on. the other. On theside of thecabinet.

side ofthe cabinet. is mounted at the base a base. plate 28ofldecorative character and aplurality of spaced trans-.. verse doorjamb members 29. Swinging doors 302..

are .providedfor enclosing the several comparte ments M, I5 and I6.Within these compartments refrigeration may be supplied from thecompressor H by the coils 3|. The air circulating through thecompartments will circulate over these coils and provide means formaintaining food products in a proper condition for dispensing to themotorists along side of the dispensing apparatus, which is the subjectof this invention, at the same time he is receiving his gasoline fromone of the pump structures enclosed within the housing 3.

The dial of the pump structure is indicated at 32 and the dispensinghose at 33 controlled by the dispensing valve 34.

Turning to Figures 3, 4 and 5, where the de-' tails of the cabinet aremore clearly disclosed, it will be noted that between the side walls 6and I there are mounted transverse angle iron members 35 which serve tosupport the floor plates or separators 8, 9 and H) in conjunctionwithangle irons 36 running fore and aft along the side walls 6 and l.

The base plate 28 is adapted at 28a to overlap the angle iron 35 whilethe partition member overlaps at Ma the vertical portion of the angleiron 35. Thus is formed a door jamb over the strip 29 which forms a partof the door. The

glass is designated 29a and is held within the frame 3!). The door maybe hinged at its end on the side frames 21.

By this arrangement, a neat, smooth surface of nickel-plated orchromium-plated door frames 36 carrying theglass 29a is provided. Thecontents of the cabinets thus formed can be readily seen by the motoristseated in his car along side of the cabinet suggesting to him thepurchases that he can or should make.

On the other side, the cabinet of similar construction is provided witha combined fan l3 and a heating element l3a for circulating heated airthroughout the compartments l5 and IS in order to prevent the contentsfrom freezing during winter and to preserve the bottles of lubricatingoil and grease at a proper temperature for immediate application to theautomobiles receiving supplies at the station.

It should be particularly noted that the easings 3 act as enclosing andpositioning barriers for protecting and aligning dispensingcabinets,that the cabinets have doors on one or both sides, preferably thelatter, and that the overlapping cap plate 9 with the spacer members 18ties the cabinets into position between the vertical casings 3 of thepumps.

The cabinet structure broadly consists of end plates, such as 6 and 1,having angle iron shelf members 36 connected at their free ends by theangle iron members 35, in the angles of which the vertical face plates,such as 28, and the shelves 8, 9 and l l] have their turned-over endsmounted. This also forms an angular abutting surface for the swingingfree edge of the door of the cabinet.

Although we use thin sheet metal of light weight and of minimumstrength, relatively heavy door frames and plate glass doors may beemployed and safely operated, and, at the same time, the light sheetsused for the cabinet may be used without the sacrifice of adequatestrength.

- It will be noted that some of the members 35 are T-shaped as at 35a inorder to accommodate the top of one door and the bottom of the otherdoor, but the principle remains the same. By this arrangement doors withflush faces can be employed.

It will be noted that we desire to comprehend within our invention suchmodifications as may be necessary to adapt it to varying conditions anduses.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination, a pair of spaced dispensing pump casings, adispensing cabinet embraced therebetween, a cover therefor overlappingthe top of said cabinet to close it and overlapping the tops of the pumpcasings, and cap members on said pump casings adapted to embrace andsupport the ends of said cover.

2. In combination, a pair of spaced casings for liquid dispensing pumpscomprising a base casing, a pump casing and a capital casing, adispensing cabinet therebetween having and walls, the bottoms of whichengage the base casings and the tops of which are spaced from the topsof the pump casings, spacer members therebetween, a common overlappingcap member enclosing the top of the dispensing cabinet formed by saidend walls and part of the tops of the pump casings engaging the sides ofthe capital casings, a plurality of shelves in said dispensing casingsbetween the end Walls and swinging doors therefor.

3. In a dispensing cabinet, dispensing pump casings forming end walls,angle iron shelf supporting members on said walls, shelves of sheetmaterial on the supporting members, angle iron members connecting saidend walls to one another forming supports for said shelves, andabutments for swinging doors and swinging doors pivoted on one of thecasings so formed to form front and rear Walls thereof, and a cap membermounted on the top angle iron members extending between the end walls.

EARL E. EICKMEYER. GEORGE W. EICHHOFF.

